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BMW Connected North America makes its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016; powered by Azure

Green Car Congress

BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. Service Fabric enables the automaker to build individual mobility graphs with personalized data and real-time context. Open Mobility Cloud.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. Police later arrested a man named Edward Lee King on unrelated drug charges. A 2020 U.S. Government Accountability Office report says that the U.S.

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Road Test: 2024 Honda Civic Hatchback Sport Touring

Clean Fleet Report

Aerodynamically Efficient Exterior First launched in 1972 and now in its 11th generation, the 2024 Civic went through a complete exterior re-imagination in 2022. Overall, the interior build and material quality are at a high level. All base prices below include the $1,095 destination charge. USB ports and a 12-volt power outlet.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

Since January 2016, the MEB has been under the direction of Christian Senger, who was previously in charge of Automotive Systems and Technology at Continental AG. It shows that we have four core innovations: smart sustainability, automated driving, intuitive interaction and personalized connectivity. The charging will improve.

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Road Test: 2022 Honda Civic Sedan 1.5T Touring

Clean Fleet Report

Now in its 11th generation, (first launched in 1972), the 2022 Civic has gone through a complete exterior re-imagination. Overall, the interior build and material quality are at a high level. The Bluetooth with voice recognition worked very well, as did the steering wheel-mounted audio controls and the Qi wireless phone charging.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

Its wholly interpretive guidelines can be used to approve or disapprove a building, addition or remodel completely on subjective principles. I went down to the Building Dept and they said, “It will be two weeks before we get back to you.” And then the senior gentlemen in the building with the Safety Dept. What happened?”.

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Meeting the Founder of PMV Electric - India's Electric Micro Car

Plug In India

His first venture involved importing building materials. The earlier prototypes of the EaS-E were trikes - because quadricycles were not allowed in 2016. Consumer feedback about trikes was not good - and thanks to Bajaj’s lobbying for the Qute, the government did give in - and re-created a quadricycle category.

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